A bit of hide and sleek

ADorset reader, and a great believer in the advantage of a well-fitting gun, raises an unfamiliar point in this connection. It was brought home to him by his attempt to camouflage his gun for the purpose of pigeon shooting from a hide. He considered that the shooter’s gun is the thing most likely to catch the eye of an otherwise decoyable pigeon and to turn it away.

This is true in many cases, especially when the hide is a scanty one. Then the gun barrels — or at least their forward part — are likely to be conspicuous for their straight blackness, or their reflecting power, according to the angle of the light.